Clothes-frame



UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

CHAS. A. BOYNTON,'OF HYDE PARK, VERMONT. v

CLOTHES-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 28,961, dated July 3, 1860.

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BOYNTON, of Hyde Park, in the county of Lamoille and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Drying Frame; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilica` tion, in which Figure l represents a side elevation of the clothes frame suspended by a cord in an elevated position; this figure also shows the frame resting on the ground and mounted on legs. Fig. 2, is a bottom view of the fr e, showing clearly its construction.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both ligures.

'Io enable those skilled inthe art to fully understand my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the drawings, A, represents a hub with a hole through its center to which is suitably jointed live or more radial arms B, B, these may be of any desirable length,l C, is a hub, similar to A, to which are jointed the same number of braces E, as there are arms B. These braces are each jointed to the arms B, at equal distances from their ends, as clearly represented by Figs. l and 2 of the drawings. The aXes of the hubs are thus in a line with each other, and through their centers pass a rod F, which has a button a, on its lower end, as represented in Fig. l, and if necessary a stop piece is attached to it at a suitable point intermediate between the two hubs. This stop would prevent the hubs from being drawn too close together. The rod F, passes through the upper hub C, and has a hook or an eye formed on its end to which is attached a rope Gr for hanging the frame up.

The rack for holding the clothes consists of four or five or more ropes c, c, which pass through the arms B, and serve to a certain extent as braces for keeping the arms separated at regular distances. At the end of each arm B, is jointed a leg J, which when opened as represented by the red lines in Fig. 1, serve to support the frame when detached from the rope G, for lilling it with clothes, or for removing the clothes after they are dry, therefrom.

This clothes frame is to be hung up either in a room or out of doors, and for this purpose, pulleys (Z, (l, d are used, over which the rope G passes, the pulley fl has a stop piece g, applied to it for nipping the rope, and holding the frame at any desirable height.

The drawings, Fig. l, represent the frame suspended from the cross piece H, of two uprights H, I-I, which are planted into the ground and this arrangement is for Supporting the frame out of doors. In a room, the pulleys d, d, d are to be attached to the wa IVhen this frame is not in use, by detaching the cord Gr, from the rod F, it may be folded up like an umbrella, and put away in a very compact state.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

AS an improved article of manufacture, a clothes drier composed of two hubs A, C, arms B, braces E, ropes c, legs J, and rod F, arranged and constructed as herein shown and described. Y

CHAS. A. BOYNTON.

IVitnesses A. J. CAMPBELL, EDGAR BULLARD. 

